Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #13,349 of 84,120 nationally
Wallace Triangle Eviction Risk: Elevated , Lafayette
Tract 18157005402 · Tippecanoe County, IN · pop 2,278 · neighborhood within 1.2 mi
18157005402 is a census tract in the Wallace Triangle area of West Lafayette, IN. It scores 6.9/10 for landlords. It is home to 2,278 residents. The severe-burden share is 59%, and it is the single best predictor in this model of a filing that actually reaches judgment.
Risk score
6.9
Elevated
Confidence 85% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 78%
Stable renters 22%
Owners 0%
Tract context
Occupied units912
Renter share100.0%
SVI overall0.28
Poverty rate75.8%
Median income$12,857
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
91
th percentile
Very High
Within state
99
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Lafayette and the region
Centroid at 40.4233, -86.9000 · click any tract to drill in
Why Wallace Triangle scores 6.9
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Lafayette
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
5.0
State political climate
Indiana legislature & governorship
2.0
Economic stress
75.8% poverty · this tract
10.0
Supply constraint
$1,192 rent vs county FMR
5.3
Rent control risk
Inherited from Lafayette
9.6
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
1.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Lafayette
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Lafayette
9.5
How Wallace Triangle compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 28
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 42%Socioeconomic
- 1%Household composition
- 44%Racial/ethnic minority
- 73%Housing & transportation
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Wallace Triangle. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 21.1%Housing insecurity
- 18.7%Utility-shutoff threat
- 40.1%Food insecurity
- 30.1%SNAP enrollment
- 23.6%Transit barriers
- 13.3%No health insurance
- 26.8%Frequent mental distress
- 39.2%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Wallace Triangle
Cost burden runs 78% here against 49.7% across Tippecanoe County. Set annual rent against average income of $12,857 and the ratio lands at 111%, above the conventional 30% ceiling. What pushes it up most is economic stress at 10/10.
The poverty rate is 76%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest. This is renter territory: 100% of occupied units are tenant-occupied.
On the high side, tenant-organizing strength reads 9.8/10. Food insecurity runs 40.1% against 17.8% nationally.
It sits 2.4 points above the Tippecanoe County average of 4.5. Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 9.6/10. SNAP participation runs 30.1% against 15.2% nationally.
On the national scale it lands near the 84th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. Social vulnerability reads 3.5/10 on the CDC index, a measure of exposure to housing and economic shocks.
Statewide the IN average is 3.9, so this tract runs 3.0 points hotter.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 18157005402
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 18157005402?
Census tract 18157005402 in the Wallace Triangle neighborhood scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 18157005402?
Median gross rent is $1,192/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 78% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 18157005402?
75.8% of residents in tract 18157005402 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,278.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 18157005402?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 28th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 42th, household 1th, minority 44th, housing 73th.
Q5
Is tract 18157005402 considered part of Wallace Triangle?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 18157005402 fall within Wallace Triangle (neighborhood centroid within 1.2 miles, OSM data).
Q6
What share of households in tract 18157005402 struggle to pay rent?
About 21.1% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 18.7% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 18157005402 compare to Lafayette overall?
Tract 18157005402 scores 6.9/10, higher than the parent city of Lafayette at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Lafayette eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Lafayette
Top eight tracts in Lafayette ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
Tract · IN
Discovery Park District
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
Discovery Park District
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
18157010206
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
Purdue Research Park
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
Discovery Park District
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
Discovery Park District
6.9
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
The Orchard
6.2
/ 10 · Elevated
Tract · IN
Purdue Research Park
5.2
/ 10 · Moderate
Related